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Teaching summarizing seems like it should be easy. When 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students summarize, they don’t have to come up with any of their own ideas – all they have to do is briefly tell the most important parts of a book or reading passage that they read. Sounds pretty easy…but it’s not. Teachers have all sorts of …
I really struggled when I first began to teach main idea. It seemed like curriculums only provided one way to teach it – read a short paragraph and determine the main idea of the paragraph. But there are other ways to teach main idea. The video below shows how you can use technology to help teach main idea and provide …
Main idea slideshow from kbaker4 Using This Slideshow for Main Idea ReviewThe slideshow above is a great way to review different main idea and details skills with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. You might like of these other main idea tips, ideas, and freebies. This slideshow covers main idea in a variety of ways: Having students think about …
I don’t know very many teachers who actually LIKE teaching main idea. It’s such a difficult, abstract, and BORING concept to teach. It seems like either kids get it or they don’t – and more often than not they don’t. Because students are usually confused when finding the main idea and supporting details of a passage, it can be difficult …
Teaching main idea and supporting details to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students was always a frustrating experience because it is such a confusing and difficult skill. Nothing I taught seemed to have an effect on my students – either they understood it without my help or they didn’t understand no matter what I did or said. The curriculum my …